Look at these old mobile phones. You could probably shove 10 iPhones inside each of these puppies. That Motorola handset weighs only 30 ounces. Amazing! More »
I can’t get enough of the Beverly Hills Cop theme, no matter how old the 80s ultimately make me feel. So it’s ultra-cool to see some enterprising geeks designing a touch board for the Microsoft Kinect that can actually play the theme on little more than a sheet of regular paper. More »
Mark the weekend of January 29-31 as busy in your calendar, because chances are that you’ll be in Sydney attending the Retro Gaming Weekend exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. More »
This passive multitouch controller designed and built by Randy Jones requires no electric circuits to operate. All it needs it a little 80s synth and the party starts itself.
I was all amped up for this little boombox watch until I got to the last sentence over at technabob. “I only wish the tiny little speakers actually worked,” they wrote, at which I wept a little because part of me wanted to relive the smashing acid wash 80s in whatever way I could. I can’t lift massive boomboxes onto my shoulder like I used to, but this little guy would have been the next best thing. That and if Kid n’ Play spontaneously appeared on my shoulder to serve as blogging muse for the evening. Silver or gunmetal for $US90. The awesome memories are free. [Flud via technabob]
Back in the year 1984, there was no Gizmodo to warn you away from lousy gadgets. Instead, you had to take your chances on products that you saw on TV. If you actually sent away US$34.95 for one of these Music Vests after seeing the commercial, however, you get no sympathy from me. Although it does look like a sweet accessory for hanging out (read: break dancing). Hit the jump for this unbelievably amazing video.
Do you still mourn the day the networks took Airwolf off the air for good? Does the thought of flying through the cool mountain skies of the California wilderness, your trusty Bluetick Coonhound Tet at you side, excite you to no end? Me neither (city slicker, present), but that doesn’t mean this Airwolf helicopter replica is any less cool. Sure it doesn’t have an interior, and the chain gun has been suspiciously removed, but it’s got character, and probably still smells like the feathered coiffure of Jan-Michael Vincent. That’s Stringfellow Hawke, to you civies. More pics and budget pricing for this hunk of nostalgia after the jump.
